Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #592, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #592, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #592.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #592 is... "And the category is..."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Testing your knowledge".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- STAIN
- CHAIN
- ROSE
- TRIES
- SPRY
- ROSTI
- GROSS
- GUMS
Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it both starts and ends with 'T'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's TRIVIANIGHT.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #592?
Drumroll, please...
- SPORTS
- NEWS
- MUSIC
- HISTORY
- MOVIES
- GEOGRAPHY
...and the spangram was TRIVIANIGHT.
Strands #592
“And the category is ...”
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Hi Strands fans. I definitely wasn't at my best today, somehow missing the obvious theme right before my eyes.
I found SPORTS at the top of the board, but then managed to get it into my head that this was about newspaper sections - something not helped when a clue revealed NEWS.
It was only when a second clue unveiled MUSIC that I realized I had been barking up the wrong tree. I quickly found the spangram of TRIVIANIGHT snaking across the board, and then picked off the three remaining topics.
HISTORY was in the bottom-left corner, while MOVIES and GEOGRAPHY were on the opposite side to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #591.
- LOBBY
- BASEMENT
- OPEN
- CLOSE
- GROUND
- ALARM
...and the spangram was ELEVATORBUTTONS.
Strands #591
“Going up?”
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Hi Strands fans. A far more enjoyable puzzle than yesterday's. Even if it was on the easy side, I'm a big fan of puzzles that contain a pictographic representation of the theme - in this case the spangram going up and down a tower, like an elevator.
But the theme of "Going up?" didn't leave much room for ambiguity, and I saw the word "elevator" spelt backwards from the bottom to the top of the board right away. It wasn't an answer, and I couldn't see how to extend it into the spangram yet, so I looked for other words related to lifts.
LOBBY and BASEMENT were at the bottom of the board, on the left and right sides respectively. I then found OPEN and CLOSE to complete the right-hand side, and to reveal that the elusive spangram was ELEVATORBUTTONS.
I had two answers to find on the left-hand side. GROUND was just above LOBBY, and that left ALARM in the top-left corner to complete the puzzle.
